Yesterday afternoon a 67-year-old female driver was killed when her car crashed into a tree in South Australia.

The woman, from Largs Bay, died after the car crashed into a tree on the Riddoch Hwy, about 5km north of Naracoorte, just before 2pm yesterday afternoon.

Emergency crews had earlier reported a woman was trapped in the car. Local police have blocked the highway and are diverting traffic around the scene.

A young man was killed in Esperance, West Australia when his car hit a power pole early yesterday.

The man died on Burton Road in Esperance, about 720km southeast of Perth, about 12.30am (WST) yesterday. It is the first recorded death in West Australia during this holiday period.

In NSW police said a 79-year-old woman died while travelling with her husband and another married couple, aged 73 and 74. Their car collided with another car in Mount Ousley just after 1pm (AEDT) on Christmas Eve.

In the Northern Territory, a 26-year-old man has been charged after a single vehicle crash resulted in the death of three passengers near Hermannsburg on Saturday night, the NT News reported. The tragic crash occurred just hours before the festive road toll period began.

Police say they had stopped pursuing a white Holden Commodore car before finding the vehicle on its roof on the side of the road at Larapinta Drive, Hermannsburg, about 130km west of Alice Springs.

Two women aged 26 and 32 were thrown from the car and died at the scene. A man aged 30 who was trapped in the car also died at the scene.

A 26-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman were flown to Alice Springs hospital. The man has been charged with dangerous driving causing death (x3), recklessly endangering life, driving a motor vehicle whilst disqualified and bring liquor into a restricted area.

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